Location:
OLD ARTS BUILDING, SENATE CHAMBER FOYER
Assistance:
Bilingual Desk Attendants
Registration
Fees: For All Sessions including Banquet ticket: $45.00. Student $25.00
Individual
Sessions are free to Community, University Staff and Students
7:30
PM OFFICIAL OPENING, HUMANITIES CENTRE L-1
SERBIAN CULTURAL FAIR,
WITH SERBIAN STUDENT'S ASSOCIATION
OFFICIAL
WELCOME: Dean Nasrin Rahimieh, Milan Dimic, Earle Waugh
GREETINGS
FROM AMBASSADOR
VIDEO-TAPED
SPEECH, PRESIDENT V. KOSTUNICA
SERBIAN
DANCING AND MUSIC BY ‘OPANAK’
SERBIAN
FOOD AND DISPLAYS
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LOCATION NOTE:
ALL CONFERENCE SESSIONS ARE HELD IN THE OLD ARTS
BLDG., SENATE CHAMBER.
FRIDAY,
APRIL 20:
9:00-10:30 THEME:
BACKGROUND TO SERBIAN IMMIGRATION
Moderator: Branislava Milic-Brett
Vladislav Tomovich, Brock University: Serbian Immigration to Canada
Milan Dimic, University of Alberta: Who is a Serb? A Survey of InternalDefinitions and External Designations
Coffee 10:30-10:45
19:45-12:15
THEME:
SERBIAN CHURCHES AND FOLK TRADITIONS
Moderator: Srboljub Masala
V. Rev. Irinej Dobrijevic: Serbian Archdiocese, Office of External Affairs, Washington, DC: Serbian Orthodoxy in Canada
David Goa, Provincial Museum of Alberta: The Serbian Orthodox Vision in a Canadian Monastery
Lunch 12:15-1:30
1:30-3:00 THEME: SERBIAN ARTS AND LITERATURE
Moderator: Urosh Vilimanovich
Milan Oklopdzic, USA: Serbian Artistic Tradition: The Writers Steven Tesich and Charles Simich and the Musicians Dusko Goykovich and Larry Vukovich.
David Albahari,
Belgrade: Serbian Writing in Canada
Coffee 3:00-3:15
3:15-4:45 THEME CONTINUED: SERBIAN ARTS AND LITERATURE
Moderator: Ted Blodgett
Mihailo Pantic, Belgrade: The Canadian Novels of David Albahari
Négovan Rajic, Trois Rivieères: Vers l'autre rive: Sur l'influence de ma culture d'origine sure l'ensemble de mes écris
Dinner 5:00-7:00pm
7:00-9:00pmTHEME:
ROUNDTABLE ON THE MEDIA, SERBIAN IDENTITY AND THE CANADIAN PUBLIC
Moderator: Tom Priestly
Satya Das, Freelance Writer, Edmonton: Covering Milosevic in the Canadian Media
Respondents: Ambassador, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Ottawa
Milan V. Dimic, Snezana Brajovic
9:00-10:30 THEME: SCIENCE AND HEALTH FROM A SERBIAN PERSPECTIVE
Moderator: Branislav Vilimanovic
Zlatko Isakovic, Ottawa: Serbian Cultural and Scientific Influence in Canada
and the USA
Srboljub Masala, Alberta:
Some Serbian Scientific/Engineering Contributions in Canada and the US.
Coffee 10:30-10:45
10:45-12:15 THEME: NEW PERSPECTIVES IN SERBIAN IDENTITY
Moderator: Ljiljana Mitrovic
Snezana Brajovic, Toronto: Identity Gaps: An Analysis of Pavic's "Dictionary of the Khazars"
Sofia Skoric, Toronto: Serbs in Ontario and Their Cultural Life
Lunch 12:15-1:30
1:30-3:00pmTHEME:
POLICY AND SERBIAN IMMIGRATION
Moderator: Branny Schepanovich
Srdja Trifkovic, Rockford,
Ill.: It's not Just the Balkans: Implications of Western Policy in South
East Europe
For the remainder of the afternoon, delegates will
have the opportunity to visit West Edmonton Mall, the Provincial Museum
of Alberta or other sites depending on interest.
CONFERENCE BANQUET:
7:00 pm. Serbian Cultural
Centre “St. Sava”,
Serbian Musicians, Dancers
and Serbian Cultural Night
The M.V. Dimic Research Institute would like to recognize the patronage of Mrs. Emilia Spanach and Spanach Construction Company Ltd.
The M.V. Dimic Research Institute acknowledges contributions from the Serbian National Shield Society of Canada and Voice of Canadian Serbs and from Mr. and Mrs. Radovanovic.
Our conference appreciates the gracious assistance of the following:
Serbian Orthodox Church St. Sava
The Serbian Cultural Centre
Euro Design Inc.
Techna-West Engineering Ltd.
Opanak Dance Troupe
Government of Canada, Department of Canadian Heritage, Multiculturalism Programme
The University of Alberta Serbian Student’s Association
The University of Alberta Conference Fund
The Faculty of Arts Conference Fund
Department of Comparative Literature, Religion and Film/Media Studies
Department of Sociology
Department of History and Classic
Department of Political Science